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• 3 • Extrusion • short fiction by Rivka Jacobs
• 5 •  The Sirens Call, August 2019 • interior artwork by Jessica F. Holt
• 6 • Nothing to Give • short fiction by Angela Yuriko Smith
• 7 • Flaming • short fiction by Angela Yuriko Smith
• 8 • Unaware • short fiction by Mark Steinwachs
• 9 • The Night of the Dance • (2017) • short story by R. J. Meldrum
• 11 • Yuki-Onna • short fiction by Laya V. Smith
• 12 • A Bowl of Bones • short fiction by Ken Hueler
• 14 • Killing Frost • short fiction by Sharon Frame Gay
• 17 • Fear • short fiction by Patrick J. Wynn
• 17 • Kisses • short fiction by Patrick J. Wynn
• 17 • Your Turn • short fiction by Patrick J. Wynn
• 19 • Buckets of Fun • short fiction by Diane Arrelle
• 20 • Party • short fiction by Patrick J. Wynn
• 21 • Relationship Gut • short fiction by Radar DeBoard
• 22 • A Fire Within • short fiction by Ashley O'Melia
• 23 • Petal, Page, Piel • short fiction by Sonora Taylor
• 25 • Katy Did • (2015) • short story by Christine Lajewski
• 28 • Peace Offering • short fiction by Roger Ley
• 29 • Beware the Humans on the Beds • poem by Terry Miller
• 29 • Lab Rats • short fiction by Terry Miller
• 29 • The Bad Child • short fiction by Terry Miller
• 29 • The Eyes Have It • short fiction by Terry Miller
• 30 • Fire in the Night • short fiction by Holly Rae Garcia
• 31 •  The Sirens Call, August 2019 [2] • interior artwork by Jessica F. Holt
• 32 • The Hunted • short fiction by Alex Grey
• 35 • A Weekend by the Sea • short fiction by B. E. Seidl
• 36 • Tranquility of Death • short fiction by Austin Muratori
• 38 • Limbo • short fiction by Uma Venkatraman
• 39 • Of Things Forgotten • short fiction by K. T. Tate
• 40 • Lilith • short fiction by Sibylla Nash
• 42 •  The Sirens Call, August 2019 [3] • interior artwork by Jessica F. Holt
• 43 • Button Eyes • short fiction by Renee Boyer
• 43 • Every Gallon in the Pool • short fiction by Michael D. Davis
• 44 • Marley's Ghosts • short fiction by E. V. Knight
• 46 • The Bookworm • short fiction by Edward Ahern
• 50 • How Does Your Garden Grow? • short fiction by D. S. Ullery
• 52 • Parched • short fiction by Nick Romeo
• 53 • The Alien Species Protection Act (ASPA) • short fiction by David Lewis Pogson
• 54 • Lockdown • short fiction by Eddie D. Moore
• 54 • Jungle Secrets • short fiction by Eddie D. Moore
• 54 • Shady Oak Gardens • short fiction by Eddie D. Moore
• 55 •  The Sirens Call, August 2019 [4] • interior artwork by Jessica F. Holt
• 56 • Featured Artist: Jessica F Holt • interview of Jessica F. Holt • interview by uncredited
• 59 • The Knight in Green • poem by Zoie Watterson
• 60 • The Rudderless Moon • poem by Meg Smith
• 60 • The Last Clouds • poem by Meg Smith
• 60 • Moth Elegy • poem by Meg Smith
• 61 • The Call of the Fiddle • poem by Mathias Jansson
• 62 • What It Takes to be a Mermaid • poem by Stephanie M. Wytovich
• 62 • What Lingers Between Shipwrecks • poem by Stephanie M. Wytovich
• 63 • Licorice Waves • poem by Stephanie M. Wytovich
• 65 • Three Deaths • poem by Angela Yuriko Smith
• 66 • The Village of Twee • poem by Lynn White
• 67 • A Dormouse Dreams • poem by Lynn White
• 68 • Easy Pickings • poem by Timothy Hosey
• 68 • Sticks and Stones • (2019) • poem by Lydia Prime
• 69 • Moses Container • poem by David Brandt
• 69 • In the Crowd of Men • (2009) • poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 70 •  The Sirens Call, August 2019 [5] • interior artwork by Jessica F. Holt
• 71 • Minnesota Giant Frog • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 71 • Reptoid Encounter • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 72 • Waheela • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 73 • Night Hag • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 74 • El Chupacabras II • poem by Richard Stevenson
• 75 • I Walked Beneath a Shining Moon • poem by Sonora Taylor
• 76 • Insomnia • poem by Ivanka Fear
• 77 • Underneath • poem by Ivanka Fear
• 78 • They Follow • poem by Ivanka Fear
• 80 • Abyss • poem by Jessica Kuilan
• 80 • Not Under the Bed • poem by Radar DeBoard
• 81 • Turn on the Light • poem by Colin Walsh
• 82 • The Tallow Chandler's Relict's Valedicton • poem by Alyson Faye
• 83 • Companion • poem by Victoria Crawford
• 83 • Cat Cliches • poem by Victoria Crawford
• 83 • Dust Bunnies • poem by Victoria Crawford
• 85 • Sunflowers • poem by Brian Rosenberger
• 86 • The Bonfire • poem by Veronica Schultz
• 87 • Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep • poem by Ann Christine Tabaka
• 87 • Nursery Rhymes • poem by Ann Christine Tabaka
• 88 •  The Sirens Call, August 2019 [6] • interior artwork by Jessica F. Holt
• 89 • The Labyrinth of Night • short fiction by S. C. Hickman
• 91 • Trypophobia • short fiction by Abigail Linhardt
• 93 • Growl and Snarl • short fiction by Kieran Judge
• 94 • Lighter Fluid • short fiction by Abigail Linhardt
• 95 • Death Trumps War • short fiction by Clynthia Burton Graham
• 97 • Rains of Death • short fiction by Ann Christine Tabaka
• 98 •  The Sirens Call, August 2019 [7] • interior artwork by Jessica F. Holt
• 99 • Fingernails • short fiction by Michael S. Walker
• 101 • The Child • short fiction by G. Allen Wilbanks
• 102 • Thinning the Privileged Herd • short fiction by Roxy Thomas
• 102 • It • short fiction by Ann Christine Tabaka
• 103 • Red Shirt • short fiction by Colin Walsh
• 106 • Purple Sky • short fiction by Ruchira Mandal
• 109 • In Giving, We Receive • short fiction by Naching T. Kassa
• 110 • Debutante • short fiction by Carolyn Barnard
• 112 • Summer Breeze • short fiction by Vivian Kasley
• 114 • Cocktail Hour • short fiction by Nicole L. Nevel-Steighner [as by Nicole Nevel]
• 116 • The Hook • short fiction by Catherine Kenwell
• 117 • Conspicuous Consumption • short fiction by Gabrian Cui
• 118 • Last Stand • short fiction by Greg Fewer
• 119 •  The Sirens Call, August 2019 [8] • interior artwork by Jessica F. Holt
• 120 • Frozen Promises • short fiction by John C. Mannone
• 123 • Identity Theft • short fiction by Tony-Paul de Vissage
• 124 • Rear-View Mirror • short fiction by Ian Blackwell
• 126 • Listen • short fiction by Catherine Kenwell
• 128 • Nightmare Shoppe • short fiction by Tim O'Neal
• 129 • Kenneth • short fiction by Dawn DeBraal
• 131 • If Only • short fiction by Rory J. Roche
• 132 • Suspicious Minds • short fiction by K. T. Tate
• 133 •  The Sirens Call, August 2019 [9] • interior artwork by Jessica F. Holt
• 134 • Things That Go Bump in the Night • short fiction by Logan Fourie
• 136 • The Killer Griller Barbecue Blues • short fiction by Michael D. Davis
• 137 • Roomie • short fiction by Bill Bistak
• 139 • Rock Bottom • short fiction by Pauline Yates
• 142 • Featured Author: Sonora Taylor: Fear, Sadness, and the Horror of Pain • essay by Sonora Taylor
• 144 • Without Condition (excerpt) • short fiction by Sonora Taylor